People

For contact details of school-based staff, please see the school website. A list of these is available here: Academic Schools and Research Centres by Faculty.

Faculty Officer roles

The Dean

The Dean is the highest academic authority in the Faculty and oversees the Faculty budget, and research and education planning. The Dean is responsible for ensuring that the Faculty is: dedicated to academic achievement across a broad range of disciplines, and to continuous innovation and improvement; research-intensive, supporting both individual scholarship and interdisciplinary or thematic research of the highest quality; a centre for intellectually demanding, research-informed education that nurtures independence of mind and helps students achieve their personal goals and serve society's needs, both during and after their time here; an inclusive and collaborative community of scholarship that attracts and retains people with outstanding talent and potential from all walks of life and all parts of the world; a stimulating and supportive environment for all students and staff, distinguished by a commitment to high standards, respect for the individual and a strong sense of collegiality; committed to operating in a sustainable manner; engaged with society's interests, concerns, priorities and aspirations; a major contributor culturally, environmentally and economically to Bristol and the South West; well led and responsibly run, with an emphasis on consultative decision-making and open communication as well as personal responsibility and accountability.

The Dean chairs Faculty Board and the Faculty Assembly, and represents the Faculty on all high-level University committees, such as University Planning and Resources Committee, Senate and Council.

Education Director / Graduate Dean

The Education Directors work with the Dean and with other Faculty Officers to deliver the University's Education Strategy.

The Graduate Dean is responsible for all postgraduate matters in the Faculty, such as overseeing final examination results, approving suspensions and extensions and advising the Dean on graduate strategy. The Graduate Dean is available for students to see if they are experiencing problems that they cannot talk about to anybody in their department.

Education Director / Undergraduate Dean

The Education Directors work with the Dean and with other Faculty Officers to deliver the University's Education Strategy.

The Undergraduate Dean is responsible for overseeing all undergraduate matters in the Faculty, such as monitoring student progress and advising the Dean on undergraduate strategy. The Undergraduate Dean chairs the Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee (Undergraduate) and the Faculty Progress Committee and represents the Faculty at relevant University Committees. The Undergraduate Dean is available for students to see if they are experiencing problems that they cannot talk about to anybody in their department by contacting fssl-ugadmin@bristol.ac.uk.

Faculty Research Director

The Research Director advises the Dean on research strategy in the Faculty, aiming to create a positive research environment and infrastructure which will attract and retain the highest quality researchers and postgraduate students worldwide. The Research Director is responsible for overseeing the development of our portfolio of flagship and high-impact research, working across and between disciplines to answer important societal questions and contribute to the social, political, environmental and economic well being of the region, the UK and the wider world.

The Research Director also fosters strategic relationships and alliances with key national and international partners â business and industry, the public and third sectors, user communities, sponsors of research and policy-makers.

Faculty Manager

As a member of the Faculty senior management team, the Faculty Manager is responsible for ensuring effective operations support for the delivery of the Faculty academic vision and strategy, with particular responsibility for project initiation and delivery. The Faculty Manager oversees Faculty-level administrative and operational processes.

Faculty Education Manager

The Faculty Education Manager is responsible for managing the Faculty Office and its student administration processes.

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Details of Finance Services contacts are also available on the Finance Services website.

For information on who to contact for what, see the Finance Services A to Z.

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Details of HR contacts are also available on the HR website.

Please contact any member of the HR team with your enquiry.

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• For postgraduate administration queries, please contact the relevant Student Administration manager in the first instance.
• For advice and enquiries about postgraduate admissions policy and postgraduate recruitment, and support for Hobsons postgraduate admissions system, please contact the central Postgraduate Admissions and Recruitment team.
• For international advice & support and study & work abroad queries please visit the International Office website.
• For information and advice on timetabling please email timetables-ssl@bris.ac.uk or visit the Timetabling Office website.
• If you are unsure who to contact, please contact the Faculty Education Manager.

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Details of Research and Enterprise contacts are also available on the RED website.

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Details of the marketing, web and media contacts are also available on the Public Relations website.

For contact details for the Centre of Public Engagement please visit the CPE website.

For contact details for the Public and Ceremonial Events Office (eg queries about graduation) please visit the PACE website.

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If you have a minor building-related issue (e.g. you need to report something broken) then please log this with the Maintenance Help-Desk by calling x 89898 or emailing maintenance-help@bristol.ac.uk. This will then be passed to the appropriate Facilities Manager.

If you have a more general building-related issue you should contact your Facilities Manager directly. Please contact them by email for non-urgent matters.

If you are unable to reach the Facilities Manager, please call the Facilities Management admin support on 18471 or email facilities-management@bristol.ac.uk.

Further information about the Facilities Managers is available on the Estates website along with information about the other teams within the Estates Office.

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For all service enquiries, requests and fault reports please contact the IT Service Desk via service-desk@bristol.ac.uk or 87870 or the self-service Service Desk website.

Details of the IT zones are available on the IT Services website.

Information for staff about computing is also available on the IT Services website.

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